01-08-2007, 07:14 PM
I've never been taught in my business classes anything about how to write a letter to demand permission of use. This has always been posted as somewhat of a threat to those who would plagiurize and yet you seldom if ever see a news story or magazine article about Joe Blow from Anywhere USA being sued because he used images on a website or a quote in a book or bought a copy of a sculpture at a garage sale. Truth be told, there are just too many instances of possible plagiarism and too many places to search for breaches of copyright. Unless they are pretty blatant and don't put some sort of acknowledgment or release, I don't think photographers, artists, and writers go around looking to find copyright violators.